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Hell’s Kitchen – Paramount Theatre

By Marisa | 07/26/2026

Alicia Keys, I was unfamiliar with your game! I like Alicia Keys well enough, but I didn’t really know her story and was more than a little doubtful that a jukebox musical based on her music and life would be interesting. I was wrong. Hell’s Kitchen should not work and it is in fact Alicia…

Matia – Farm to Table Dining On Beautiful Orcas Island, WA

By Marisa | 07/21/2026

The San Juan Islands in peak summer season is really something special. Orcas Island combined with farm to table bistro dining? Yes, please! I don’t consider myself a foodie by any stretch, but I love a farm to table tasting menu. It’s an amazing way to discover new things! With a tasting menu, I usually…

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat – Taproot Theatre

By Marisa | 07/12/2026

This charming show was quite a surprise! I’ve actually never seen Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on stage. But I know the music very well.  Younger me owned many Andrew Lloyd Webber compilations, back when CDs were a thing. My grandmother loved telling me the story of Joseph and his coat, so I know…

Frida…A Self-Portrait, Union Arts Center

By Marisa | 06/21/2026

I quite enjoyed Frida…A Self-Portrait, a one woman show written and performed by Vanessa Severa. Frida is at her famous home Caza Azul, talking to an architect interested in her house. Severa weaves Frida’s life story with giving Frida a voice through speaking/monologuing to this visitor in her home. Severa occasionally breaks the fourth wall…

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